I realize that people have a choice as to their jobs and could choose to have a different job rather than be implanted, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Having chips planted into the body of an emloyee is pretty darn good place to start.
~$250 is certainly not a trivial amount. However, that $250 looks more affordable if you believe that they are not going to make the $150 console nigh on obsolete within a matter of months. So I can see how making the jump from $250 to $350 would override the obsolesence concern.
I don't think that that's necessarily what he's trying to say. Instead, by having the price between a 360 and OG Xbox be so close together, people who would ahve otherwise happily settled for an Xbox tried to pay the extra instead, and you have a crash of shortages. If they had priced it at say $500, then they still would have sold out, would have made more money, would not have shortages, and would have sold more Xbox's. It is certainly a stretch, but there is a note of truth in his logic.
But the X-Files movie could also stand on its own. It was good for anyone who hadn't seen a lot, if any of the TV show, and it was great for those who had. If your sole enjoyment of a movie is predicated on you having read/played/watched the story previously, then it very much little more than crap.
Out of curiosity, where do "bitchload" and "assload" fit in? I have deabted with several friends before as to whether or not either or both are larger than a shitload. Maybe its just a unit thing and its like comparing a metric tonne with a ton.
the author believes that Microsoft will unleash an abundance of next-generation applications that will take everyone by surprise/
And that app is named Duke Nukem Forever. No really. Instead of just displaying number in a spreadsheet the little avatar has a machine gun and shoots "virtual" holes in your spreadsheet to match your data. Its pretty cool. And if you don't take proper care of him, then machine guns the whole screen until only the blue in the back can be seen. Good stuff.
I mean, I just crawled out of bed and haven't had my first coffee of cup yet; but I can't be the only person who read that part of taco's blurb, can I?
So I'm not as up on CPUs as I once was, but I am curious about Dell saying that they should get credit for 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors. Didn't AMD bring the 64bit game to the Big League level? I thought that Intel were the ones rushing to try and keep up on that front.
The 360 and PS3 are vying to have the best graphics and power for a console.
The Revolution is avoiding that route with a completely different market strategy.
Both iterations of the XBox have performed miserably in Japan.
Since the 360 was designed with an eye towards the Japanese market and MS has consistantly stated that the Japanese market is key to them, their lack of success is important.
Hence the story about their attempt to "re-"introduce the 360 to Japan
Which in turn spawns discussions about how the Next-Gen war will play out. Since GP's position is supported by the above points, it is actually ontopic as to how MS is going to fare.
Do you want fortune or glory? If you want the company to be successful than having a business major at the helm is going to sit better with investors and will likely help you gather better employees, too. Once you're talking about investors though, your idea no longer really matters because they will own it. So, as long as all you're doing is managing you idea, let your buddy be CEO and do what you do best- create killer apps. To put it bluntly, don't let your ego blow the chance for success because you feel the need to have CEO in front of your naame.
arriving at 11am and working until early in the morning with the physique of a pipe cleaner and the complexion of unbaked dough - but boy could he code!
A bit offtopic, but that line has all the makings of a hilarious country song;-)
I thought it a bit odd that the static test was for only three seconds and took place the day before the launch. I would not be surpised if the accident was a by-product of them pushing their schedule.
Well its nice to know we didn't miss much, but a simple line to the effect that nothing much was said would have been, IMHO, much preferred to making it look like Iwata's speech was simply glossed over.
To head off some stupid criticism, I'm only posting this as an AC because I'm too lazy to make an account
Even though it takes the same amount of time to do as to post? It's certainly your right to criticize, but if you're not willing to even become part of the community you're critizing, then I can certianly understand why your criticism is consistently criticized.
Plus, if you make an account, you can spend that extra 5 seconds foeing me and never having to see me again.;-)
(which I imagine is very interesting, insightful, informative, funny, and unread.)
Or at least two of them;-) Mianly I was lazy and didn't want to spend a lot of time posting something that I had already written, but on the off chance that someone cared, well, maybe they'd share their lottery winnings with me, too. Same odds and all that.
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I realize that people have a choice as to their jobs and could choose to have a different job rather than be implanted, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Having chips planted into the body of an emloyee is pretty darn good place to start.
~$250 is certainly not a trivial amount. However, that $250 looks more affordable if you believe that they are not going to make the $150 console nigh on obsolete within a matter of months. So I can see how making the jump from $250 to $350 would override the obsolesence concern.
I don't think that that's necessarily what he's trying to say. Instead, by having the price between a 360 and OG Xbox be so close together, people who would ahve otherwise happily settled for an Xbox tried to pay the extra instead, and you have a crash of shortages. If they had priced it at say $500, then they still would have sold out, would have made more money, would not have shortages, and would have sold more Xbox's. It is certainly a stretch, but there is a note of truth in his logic.
But the X-Files movie could also stand on its own. It was good for anyone who hadn't seen a lot, if any of the TV show, and it was great for those who had. If your sole enjoyment of a movie is predicated on you having read/played/watched the story previously, then it very much little more than crap.
Why gamers don't take them seriously. Hopefully they'll be content to let Alienware do their thing and won't try and foist Intel on them.
I got better. But it did make me a bit, you know, edgy...
Out of curiosity, where do "bitchload" and "assload" fit in? I have deabted with several friends before as to whether or not either or both are larger than a shitload. Maybe its just a unit thing and its like comparing a metric tonne with a ton.
'nuff said.
And that app is named Duke Nukem Forever. No really. Instead of just displaying number in a spreadsheet the little avatar has a machine gun and shoots "virtual" holes in your spreadsheet to match your data. Its pretty cool. And if you don't take proper care of him, then machine guns the whole screen until only the blue in the back can be seen. Good stuff.
The Geek Squad pirates are only doing their part to lower glabal warming. They are thinking of the children.
Consider your audience. Yes. Yes you can.
<Homer>Florida? But that's America's wang!</Homer>
So I'm not as up on CPUs as I once was, but I am curious about Dell saying that they should get credit for 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors. Didn't AMD bring the 64bit game to the Big League level? I thought that Intel were the ones rushing to try and keep up on that front.
My $.02
I've heard of feet per second, but legs?
A bit offtopic, but that line has all the makings of a hilarious country song ;-)
LOL, best laugh I've had on the dot in quite a while. Thank you much!
When asked what market they were targeting, the german company replied, "Paris Hilton."
I wonder what the split was along gender lines?
I thought it a bit odd that the static test was for only three seconds and took place the day before the launch. I would not be surpised if the accident was a by-product of them pushing their schedule.
Well its nice to know we didn't miss much, but a simple line to the effect that nothing much was said would have been, IMHO, much preferred to making it look like Iwata's speech was simply glossed over.
Even though it takes the same amount of time to do as to post? It's certainly your right to criticize, but if you're not willing to even become part of the community you're critizing, then I can certianly understand why your criticism is consistently criticized.
Plus, if you make an account, you can spend that extra 5 seconds foeing me and never having to see me again. ;-)
Or at least two of them ;-) Mianly I was lazy and didn't want to spend a lot of time posting something that I had already written, but on the off chance that someone cared, well, maybe they'd share their lottery winnings with me, too. Same odds and all that.